Ralph Mong sold numerous plans of Mong Sport biplane. Mong/Mortensen is uprated 209-mph version.
John T. Monnett formed company at Oshkosh to market plans and components of Sonerai I racer and Sonerai II 2-seat version. Rights passed 1986 to Inav Ltd which ceased trading…
Mono-Aircraft Inc. formed 1926 at Moline, Illinois, to produce Monocoupe light 2-seater designed by Dan Luscombe, using engine produced in same plant by former car manufacturer W. Velie. Successive models…
Monocoupe Airplane and Engine Corp. was one of several companies picking up pieces after Lambert. Moved from Orlando to Melbourne and formed Monocoupe Aircraft of Florida Inc., producing Monocoupe Meteor…
MONTAGNE AVIATION LLC Montagne Aviation (formerly Kinetic) has moved to Wasilla in Alaska to start production of the Mountain Goat and its proposed Big Horn development.
Never succeeded in completing development of cold-jet tip-drive amphibious 3-seat helicopter, prototype completed February 1960.
Montee Aircraft Co. formed at Santa Monica, CA, 1923, to build 4-seat open-cockpit monoplane; K.W. Montee killed 1926.
MOONEY AIRPLANE COMPANY (MAC) Original Mooney Aircraft Corporation formed in Wichita, Kansas, 1948; produced single-seat M-18 Mite until 1952 (total 282); M20 family in production since then. Alexandre Couvelaire, President…
G.E. Moreland formed company at El Segundo, LA, 1928, in following year offering Moreland Trainer, or M-1, to franchise distributors. Parasol monoplane, Trainer was first aircraft designed by Ed Heinemann.
Douglas test pilot William J. Morrisey built Model 1000 Nifty tandem trainer (1948) for homebuilders, but formed Morrisey Aircraft Co. at Long Beach 1949. Reorganized 1952 at Long Beach as…
Howard Morrow built factory 1941 at San Bernardino to build Model 1-L plastics-bonded plywood trainer.
MORROW AIRCRAFT CORPORATION Morrow Aircraft Corporation formed 1996 to develop general aviation aircraft using advanced composites materials and state-of-the-art technology. Ray Morrow is co-founder of American Blimp Corporation and established…
E.H. Moser built Aero Sportster single-seater 1984.
Moth Aircraft Corp. formed at Lowell, Massachusetts, 1926 to build D.H.60 Moth, building 18 60G and 161 60M. Bought by Curtiss 1929, continued building Curtiss-Wright Moth 60GMW until 1931.
This company built several prototypes 1917-19, including William B. Stout’s SX-6 Streamlined Monoplane.
Moshier Technologies Corp. formed 1986 at Mountain View, CA, to continue development of unconventional VTOL aircraft.
MU-2 Modifications Inc., Dallas, convert/modify long-body MU-2 aircraft.
Harvey C. Mummert, design engineer at Curtiss’ Garden City plant, produced Baby Vampire sport single-seater 1921 with 25-hp Lawrence, followed by further biplanes and low-wing monoplanes, ending 1926.
Dick Murphy produced VM-7 Competitor aerobatic aircraft (March 1978).
F.A. Murray built reduced-scale Curtiss JN-4 1961.
H.H. Myers built Myers Special high-wing 2-seater with remarkable STOL performance, flight development 1950-65, and Model 145 2-seat sport aircraft. See also Myers company.
New Ohio company formed to produce developed versions of Model 145 by original Myers company.
After Second World War Bruno Nagler emigrated to USA and formed Nagler Helicopter Co. Inc., building NH-160 helicopter (February 1955) and VG-1 Vertigyro able to fly in several modes; see…
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NASA has slightly increased expenditure on research and development allied to aerospace technology during the past year or so, but space science and space flight…
Paul L. Nash built light aircraft 1984.
Formed by American Airmotive Corp. to produce NA-75 derivative of Stearman 75.
National Airways System, Lomax, Illinois, produced Air King 4-seat open-cockpit biplane 1926, marketed with choice of 4 engines.
At Latrobe, PA, built N-6 4-seater and N-12 Mercury 3-seater 1935-47.
NAF authorized 27 July 1917 not only to design and build aircraft but also furnish Navy with yardsticks for evaluating performance and costs of aircraft submitted by industry. Set up…
Navion Aircraft Co., Galveston, TX, formed 1959 to manufacture improved 5-seat 1,858-mile Navion Rangemaster (10 June 1960). Sold out to Janox.
Previous company bankrupt 1962 (see Navion), assets purchased (via Janox) by Cedric Kotowicz who formed Navion Rangemaster Aircraft at Wharton, TX, intending production of improved Navion Rangemaster G (16 November…
Nicholas-Beazley Airplane Co. Inc. formed 1921 at Marshall, Missouri, with many activities including limited production of (Barling) NB Trainer from 1929, Pobjoy Special racer 1930, and in 1934 single Swanson-designed…
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